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So I'm familiar with some of the slang terms used around here, but definitely not all of them. I did a quick search, but no one has ever made a slang guide! So what do you say? What are your favorite slang terms? You can even break it down into groups like fish names, jigs, rods, reels, areas, etc. Go!
When a fish takes a good run -smokin line -
When you know it's a good fish -I'm on -
Skyed- After strike, fish jumped out of the water
Choked- Set the hook too soon and missed the fish
Silver cricket- Weighted treble hook for snagging
Vapor trail- Trail a king leaves in the water after fast strike
Convict- Sheepshead
skinny water- Shallow
and
Josh's favorite-Jack 'em up. Reel him in...
There's a lot more, but I'll leave that to others.
Nice! Keep 'em coming!
Big Ugly ---Black Drum
Spaniard---Spanish
Flatie ----Flounder
One i always wondered about when kings are discussed was a Smoker, do ya'll mean a big fast king or a smaller one perfect size for smoking?
Based on what fshntime said about "vapor trail", my bet would be on a really fast king.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishingjunkie84
brown clown, brown turd, ling, crab cruncher, probably a 1000 more- cobia
smack - spanish mack
gray suit, tax man, land lord- shark
HOLY $H@! !!- stepping on an electric skate while surf fishing barefoot.
Blue Runner AKA "Hard Tail"
Smoker king will have smoke coming off your drag he's running so fast.
Also,
Screaming Drag- is NOT the 'new' Bruce Jenner. LOL
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Not fishing slang, but from my very very backwoods father in law..
Barn yard pimp- rooster/fried chicken,
aint big nough ta cuss a cat- something small,
finer than hair on a frogs A$$-an that pretty fine cuz a frog aint got no hair
thunder chicken- turkey
swamp donkey- old swamp whitetail
tree rat- squirrel
nope rope- snake
pepe le pew/ pole cat - skunk
holeechit- wasp or hornet nest in a box house :)
Another one I should've added...
'gonna need a bigger pier - reaction to the rather large tiger sharks that cruised the pier last summer
Ha! These are great! I remember fishing inshore with my grandfather, dad, uncle, and cousin as a kid so a lot of these bring back memories. I didn't know that "hard tail" wasn't the actual name of the fish, but I guarantee I could point one of them out from as many as we've caught!
I've heard undersized speckled trout called "hammer handles" and when you throw a cast net as poorly as I do, you are said to be "throwing bananas". Croakers have been called "yodeling trout." A "water haul" is when you come up with an empty net.
"Still green"- fish ain't tired yet, still has some fight in him.
"Doormat"- big flounder
"Taxman/man in the grey suit"- shark
Allow me a redo ; )
Screaming Drag- is the sweet sound your spinning reel makes when that smoker king or jack takes the bait and makes that 100 yard run! You hold on tight as you listen to the advice of the well seasoned regulars around you, “follow the fish, move up, move down, go over, go under”.
A dozen things cross your mind: will he spool me? Do I have enough backing line? Should I have gone with a heavier line? Will my knot hold? Will a tourist with his newly bought Zebco 404 from Walmart cast over me with his oversized chunk of frozen squid?
As you get it up to the pier, you are relieved when a regular stands next to you with an IronMan gaff in hand. The next sweet sound is the thud of the fish hitting the deck.
Hurry up April !
And then there is bait slang:
LY: scaled sardine (Harengula jaguana)
Pogie (bunker to you guys from up north): Menhaden (Brevoortia spp)
Cig/Cigar Minnow: Round Scad (Decapterus punctatus)
Spanish Sardine: Sardinella aurita
More Fish Slang:
Bobo/Bonita/Bonito: LittleTunny ( Euthynnus alletteratus)
Puppy Drum: Small Black Drum (eatin' size)
Northern Mackerel (rare at GSP, fairly common at FWP): Atlantic bonito (Sarda sarda)
Has no one posted Googan yet??
That's a person who doesn't pay attention, throws common sense out the window and fishes in way that screws other people up.
Example: Like when I'm coming down the rail, yelling "coming down, fish one" and the GOOGANs just stand there with 4 rods leaning on the rail and a big double top tackle box wide open.
Or fishes in way that makes no sense. Example: two gotchas on a heavy wire bottom rig with stinky squid on every hook. And a cork. That's Googan fishing.
Note to self....don't be a googan....check!
Crazy fish: Leather Jacket (Oligoplites saurus). Sharp Tails!!!
Sorry Haywire, your listening to those voices again. It's throwing a pork chop because the net didn't open all the way, hence pork chop shaped!
TURTLE!!! Yell that out and start pointing into the water as a group of dolled up female tourist are making their after dinner walk on the pier, then just step back and look at the scenery....
Carl, I got called on this one. Crazy fish are not the same as leather jackets. They both have the anal fins, but the leather jacket is a more streamlined fish and his spines hurt worse. Pier#r told the the real name for crazy fish, but it has slipped my memory.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlF
Quote:
Originally Posted by Haywire
I stand corrected:
Crazy Fish: Atlantic bumper, Chloroscombrus chrysurus
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You forgot fishing a spinning reel upside down, usually attached to a rod made for a conventional reel. They also take offense to advice usually followed up by letting you know how many years they've been fishing/coming down to the beach.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlF
Can't help but smile and go about your day.
"Rat reds"- small/undersized redfish.
Sadly, in my recent talks with coworkers I have come to realize that casting with a spinning reel is something that not everyone is accustomed to. I must've assumed this was the norm, considering I've been fishing with an "open faced reel" since I was 8-10 yrs old!
"You forgot fishing a spinning reel upside down, usually attached to a rod made for a conventional reel."
Now that is something that realllllyyyyyyy makes me cringe and want to scream.
Don't you think a grown adult can looks around at the other 99% of people using spinning reel and figure out they are doing something that is not only wrong but awkward as hell???
Maybe they would rather struggle and look stupid vs. ask for advice?????
They could get magic markers and write "GOOGAN" on their foreheads, if there is enough space. I can sort of understand it with kids and ladies who haven't been before, but like you said, they should look around.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarlF
Though not as bad as using a spinning rig incorrectly... Watching someone try to reel up a double bottom rig with two pounds of squid on it and the drag wide open cracks me up. My daughter actually walked over and showed a man this past summer how to tighten the drag down. He just kept reeling and reeling and reeling.
Being in the "PENALTY BOX" is is untangling a cluster fxxk or yours and someone else's line.
Another problem is when parents, fishing the shallows, allow their young boys to run to the octi (unsupervised) to get in on a “run” of bull reds. This can lead to the most dreaded slang term, the “carpet weave”. When there are multiple hook-ups and people still cast over you, under you, next to you. Everyone’s line gets fouled up.
Quiz:
Ax Handle is a __________________________
"IN THE PIT: means ____________________________________
both are new to me but I'd have to say Axe handle stands for SpanishMackerelQuote:
Originally Posted by FinChaser
Big Spanish
Octi
I think..................
I'm going to go with....
Axe Handle = Overly heavy rod that doesn't cast worth a damn
In The Pit = In the middle of fighting a fish
Quote:
Originally Posted by FinChaser
j/k Large spanish mackerel with a tail as big as an axe handle.
"In the pit" is a call to arms that Todd has just made a cast from the octi
if #r says Spanish then I was close.. Lol... If I we're guessing "in the pit" I'd have to agree with chillinfish on the Octi on a cobia or king runQuote:
Originally Posted by Pier#r
Axe handles are something I sadly don't catch enough of anymore...
has as anyone mentioned "key chains" yet?